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Alice Gerrard (born July 8, 1934) is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, fiddler, and guitar player. She performed in a duo with Hazel Dickens, and as part of The Strange Creek Singers (with Dickens, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz, and Lamar Grier) and The Back Creek Buddies (with Matokie Slaughter).

Alice Gerrard
BornJuly 8, 1934
Seattle, Washington
GenresBluegrass, folk music
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
LabelsRounder Records, Folkways

Gerrard was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was from Yakima, Washington, and her father from Wigan in England. Gerrard attended Antioch College, where she was exposed to folk music. After college, she moved to Washington, D.C. and became part of the thriving bluegrass scene there.[1] Gerrard was married to Jeremy Foster who died in a car accident. She had four children with him. She was later married to Mike Seeger and recorded two albums with him.

Garrard was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2017.

The Alice Gerrard Collection (1954–2000) is located in the Southern Folklife Collection of the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]

She founded and was editor-in-chief of The Old Time Herald from 1987 to 2000.


Discography



Alice Gerrard



With Hazel Dickens



With Mike Seeger



Tom, Brad & Alice



With Gail Gillespie and Sharon Sandomirsky



Compilations



Films



Other


Her name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song "Hot Topic."[5]


References


  1. "Alice Gerrard Bio - Alice Gerrard Career". CMT Artists. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. "Southern Folklife Collection". Lib.unc.edu. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. "FolkStreams » Homemade American Music". Folkstreams.net. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. McRobbie, Josephine (April 3, 2019). "Full Frame: Everything Old Is New Again with Folk-Revival Player and Chronicler Alice Gerrard". Independent Weekly/Indy Week.
  5. Oler, Tammy (October 31, 2019). "57 Champions of Queer Feminism, All Name-Dropped in One Impossibly Catchy Song". Slate Magazine.





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